[Boy and girl on bench looking at book, Greenbelt, Maryland] – Historic Print
![[Boy and girl on bench looking at book, Greenbelt, Maryland], 1946 July. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/aa/aa0202ce0c3e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Boy and girl on bench looking at book, Greenbelt, Maryland], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Boy and girl on bench looking at book, Greenbelt, Maryland]
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Two children sit side by side on a bench in Greenbelt, Maryland, bent over a book in this July 1946 photograph. Greenbelt was one of the planned "greenbelt" towns that the federal government began building in the late 1930s as a model of community living, with houses clustered around shared open spaces and walkways. Pictures like this one were often made by housing officials to document daily life in these developments, so the scene reflects the wholesome, neighborly image the planners hoped to promote. The reading children also show how postwar family life was often pictured in public housing records.
| Created / published | 1946 July. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Public housing authority photo. |
| Subjects | Children--Maryland--Greenbelt--1940-1950. Reading--Maryland--Greenbelt--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,205 × 1,500 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165174 |
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